Nélida Karr — live event
LunÁtico is excited to present the rare stateside appearance of Equatorial Guinean musician Nélida Karr and her band. Don’t miss it!Nélida Karr - voice, guitar, ngomaSolomon Sylvester Eduok- voice, keyboardsSimeon Fotso - voice, bassRicardo Oyenekan - drums, percussion, dembeBorn and raised in the capital of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Nelida Karr is considered the "contemporary revelation of the Equatorial Guinean music.” In 2018 alone, she won first place in the Spain Equatorial Guinea Vis a Vis Festival, won the Mujer Ideal award and was nominated as Goodwill Ambassador of Peace for UNICEF (Equatorial Guinea). She has performed at festivals in many countries including at WOMEX and the Afromondo Festival.Nelida classifies her music as "Afro-Fusion", impregnated with the many influences she assimilated while growing up in Malabo, the capital of the only Spanish-speaking country in Africa. She produces a sound of her own, an eclectic mix of the music of the Bubi ethnic group and Equatorial Guinean rhythms such as Katya, Kotto, bonko, mokom and antonobe, as well as jazz, blues, Spanish and Latin music. She is the founder of "MOSART" Music school, a nonprofit school of music and art in Equatorial Guinea with the aim of helping Equatorial Guinean children and youths to discover, learn and develop their talents in the area of music and the arts.
Starts: 2025-01-30T21:00:32Z
Ends: 2025-01-30T23:30:32Z
Where: 486 Halsey Street, New York 11233, United States
Price: $10.0